| 1938Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 5–3 (3–2 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Howard Weiss |
| Captain | Ralph Moeller |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10Minnesota $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16Michigan | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17Northwestern | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1938 Wisconsin Badgers football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Wisconsin in the1938 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 5–3 record (3–2 against conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in theBig Ten Conference.Harry Stuhldreher was in his third year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1][2]
FullbackHoward Weiss was selected by theInternational News Service as a first-team player on the1938 College Football All-America Team.[3] He also won theChicago Tribune Silver Football as the most valuable player in the Big Ten.[4] He also finished sixth in the voting for theHeisman Trophy and was also selected as Wisconsin's most valuable player.[5] Ralph Moeller was the teamcaptain.[6] Howard Weiss and center Jack Murray were selected by theAssociated Press andUnited Press as first-team players on the1938 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[7][8]
The team played its home games atCamp Randall Stadium, which had a capacity of 36,000.[9] During the 1938 season, the average attendance at home games was 31,731.[10]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 1 | Marquette* | W 27–0 | 27,876 | [11] | ||
| October 8 | atIowa | W 31–13 | ||||
| October 15 | Pittsburgh* |
| L 6–26 | |||
| October 22 | atPurdue | L 7–13 | 21,000 | |||
| October 29 | Indiana |
| W 6–0 | |||
| November 5 | at No. 7Northwestern | W 20–13 | ||||
| November 12 | atUCLA* | No. 15 | W 14–7 | 35,000 | ||
| November 19 | Minnesota | No. 12 |
| L 0–21 | 38,000 | |
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